And in that same Gospel it is reported that he said, “Do not imagine that I have come to bring reconciliation among the people of the earth. I did not come for their welfare, but to cast warfare among them; I have come to set a man against his son and a daughter against her mother, so that a man’s own household become his enemies.” (1)

It likewise states: “I have come only that you might live (2) and grow in goodness, and that I might reconcile people with one another” (3); and it records his saying: “If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.” (4)

It also relates that he said: “Blessed are you, O Simon (the head of the group) (5); I declare that you are the son of the Rock, and upon this rock you shall build my church. Whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven.” (6)

Yet, a few lines later in that very Gospel he says to him, “Away with you, Satan! Do not oppose, for you are ignorant.” How, then, can an ignorant Satan be obeyed in the heavens?!

The Gospel further contains the text: “No woman has ever borne anyone like John.” (7) That appears in the Gospel of Matthew, whereas the Gospel of John reports: “The Jews sent messengers to John to inquire about him. They asked, ‘Who are you? Are you the Messiah?’ He said, ‘No.’ They said, ‘Are you Elijah?’ He said, ‘No.’ They said, ‘Are you a prophet?’ He said, ‘No.’ They said, ‘Tell us, then, who you are.’ He replied, ‘I am the voice of…’